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I G. S. RUGGLES/ PISHERMANS TYPE. APPLIOATION FILED LAB. 12, 1907.

PATENTED FEB; 25;- 1908.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. RUGGLES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Three Rivers, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements-in Fishermens Type, of. which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to improve ments in fishing apparatus, and what is commonly known in the trade as fishermens type, in which elastic means is provided for normally maintaining the flag or signal holder in an'inverted position, and also normally maintaining the line in a looped condition on the inverted end of the signalholder, wherebywhen the holder is inverted by overcoming the tensionlof the elastic I is attached to the ri id support, whereby the means, the line will be freed from the loop.

and permitted to pay out, as will be fully described. At the end of this interval the line isalhtomatically released so that the coiled up surplus part ofthe line can 'be easily drawn out.

Broadly, the invention consists in pivotally mounting the signal wire in a rigid su port so that the same can readily assume t e position inwvhich theflag end of the signal wire is normally in a downturned position, and by a sli ht pull on the opposite end of the wire will be thrown into an upright or signal position. The means for moving the signal wire into'these two positions is preferably an elastic eleme'nt,one end of which is secured to the. signal wire outside of its.

center of rotation and the other end of which Wire will be seoure'y held in either. an elevated or lowered position. I In the drawings forming part of this application,.Figure1 is a side elevation of mylmprovement showing the standard securedin hand side of the s eet; Fig. 4 shows the an inclined position in the ice, and with the signal wire in dotted andfull line position; also the bait 'endo'f the line looped to the signal wire and supportin -the bait. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, the signal wire being shown in the same position as indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device as shown inFi 1' looking from the leftposition of the s ring and signal wire after eing tripped. ig 5 shows, on an enlarged Specification of Letters Patent. 1 l i v I Application filed March 12. 1907 SerialNo. 3611939.

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. scale, the position of the, parts after the flag holder has been rotated to elevate the flag.

, Referring to .these drawings in detail, a

designates the standard or rigid supportwhich may be. constructed of any suitable material, as Wood or metal,the lower end of the same being adapted to be secured in an inclined osition to a'suitable rigid support,

and, as s own in Fig. 1, is embedded in the ice (designated at 6,) through which an opening 0 has been cut for the bait end of the line it. The standard a is provided with a longi-.

tudinal slot or openings having an enlarged portion f.

-Rotatably mounted within the slot e is the flag or signal holder g, and the spring h for controlling and maintaining the position'of the flag-holder ineither an elevated or low-- The flag-holder is provided at one end with a hook-sha ed or double ered position.

curved portion Lon which the ine d is looped when the same is placed in its set position; that is,:the flag end of the holder is towards the lower portion of the support, as indicated in Fig. 1 at 7' Y In order to rotatably su port the flagholder'g in the standard a at t e enlarged ortion the intermediate end of the flag-ho der is suitabl twisted so as to forrn two pivot portions k that ean be readily sprung into the openings m when mounting the same. Intermediate'the pivotal portions-7c, k,- of the flag-holder g is also formed a loop or eye n "which is for the purpose of receivlng the upper end of the operatin and controlling spring h, the lower end of'the springbeing a-djustably held in the st dard 1. by means of the removable pin 0 that is ped through the .eye p of the spring 'sothat the tension of the spring can be readily varied, .thedotted 7 lines '0 indicating the openings in which'tiie pin 0 can be placed for adjustably retaining the spring 71-. The location of the loop n is normally out of thecenter line of thesupport a so that the spring, by reason of its tension,

will hold the fia -holderrigid in either an'elevated or turned-down position, that is, in a positionthat will permit the flag-holder to rotate from one positionto another-as will be fully described.

Fig. 1 shows the position of the parts when the tvpe is set and 4 shows the position of t eparts after theftype has been tripped, it being understood that the pull onj the, line d after thebait has been seized is suf- -,ficient to rotate the flag-holder and carry the loop or eye n'so that thesalne will lie on the opposite side of the center line of the flagho der. The spring h, at the instant that the loop or eye 12, passesthe center line, will then quickly act to throw the flag end of the holder Whereb g to the elevated position, and the hook portioni downward, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

The line d, which is iooped as shown at al "over the hook portion 7), when the ty e is set can then freely slip off the part g oft e hook portion 15 thus permitting the-line to freely unreel' from ;the spool r, as readily understood. The flag-holder gis loopedat its u per end, as shown at s, the free end of t e wire being carried around the body. portion of-the flag-holder, as shownat t. Within this loop s is supported the signal or flag u. The ree r is preferably made detachable on the standard a in any suitable manner and it is not deemed necessary to describe the means herein employed, I

What I claim, is

1. In a device of the, class described, a standard rovided with an opening therein, a rotatab e element mounted within said opening, one end of the rotatable element bein provided with a suitable signaland the other end bein bent into ahook-shape, when the hook-shaped end of the rotatab e element is in an elevated position, the line'canbe supported thereon, and when 'the hook-shaped part of the rotatable element is in a lowered position, the line will be standar readilytdisengaged therefrom and elastic means for retaining the rotatable element in mounted on the enlarged ortion of the elon-' ated o ening', an eye aso formed in the ag-hol er, an elastic element having one end secured-to theeye and the other end to v the standard, the eye portionbeing outside of the center line ofv the fiag-stafl' in either a 56 raised or lowered position whereby the flagholder is yieldin ly retainedagainst rotation; 3. A device 01' the class described, a standard, a signal device rotatably mounted in the and provided with a bent portion at one end for receiving the signal proper, the opposite end of the signal device being pro; v1 ed with a hook-shaped part, elastic means on the standard andconnected eccentrically to the pivot portion of the signal devicefor holding the signal device inan elevated or lower position, a reel carried by the standard for supporting the line, whereby when the line is looped over the hook-shaped part and a suitable tension is exerted thereon, the signal device will be tripped as described CHARLES S. RUGGLES.

Witnesses;

HENRY A. OHAPIN, H. W. BOWEN. 

